Comrade Zhang Xuwu Passes Away

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 7 — Zhang Xuwu, former executive vice chairman of the AllChina Federation of Industry and Commerce, died in Beijing on September 3 due to illness at the age of 98. Public records show that Zhang Xuwu was born in March 1928 in Nantong, Jiangsu. He began revolutionary work in 1949 and successively held positions in Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, and the AllChina Federation of Industry and Commerce. He once served as vice governor of Jiangsu Province, vice chairman of the AllChina Federation of Industry and Commerce, and deputy general manager of China International Trust and Investment Corporation. The report also noted that Zhang Xuwu served as a deputy to the 6th and 7th National People's Congress and as a standing committee member of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, among other positions, making contributions to the development of the Federation of Industry and Commerce.